Presented by Sandy Burnett. Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Tchaikovsky Polacca (Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty, Act 3) St Petersburg Kirov
Orchestra, conductor Valery Gergiev Mozart
Adagio and Allegro for mechanical organ, K594 Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet Biber Battalia for strings and continuo Purcell Quartet Juan Luis Guerra Ojala Que Llueva Café El Cafe Chorale, conductor David Ramirez Handel
0 Ruddier Than the Cherry (Acis and Galatea) Willard White (bass), English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner Schoenberg
Weinachtsmusik Louise Bessette (piano), Hakon Austbo (harmonium), Members of the Arditti Quartet Mercadante Salve Regina Christian
Lindberg (trombone), Roland Pontinen (piano)
8.30-10.00: Handel Acis and Galatea
(excerpts) Norma Burrowes (soprano), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner Chopin Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E flat, Op 22 Mikhail Pletnev (piano) Mozart Serenade in E flat, K375
Members of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
With Rob Cowan.
Handel Chaconne in G, HWV435 Edwin Fischer (piano)
10.05 Listener request: Boccherini Symphony in D, Op 35 No 1 Neuss German Chamber Academy, conductor Johannes Goritzki
10.20 Paul Paray Kyrie ; Gloria (Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc) Soloists, Rackham Symphony Choir, Detroit SO conducted by the composer
10.40 Handel Suite in D minor HWV428 Maggie Cole (harpsichord)
11.10 Rachmaninov Symphony No 2 in [ minor Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paul Paray
2/5. In 1921 and 1922 Vaughan Williams wrote a series of fine works that paint a picture of a composer really finding his voice. He was never a professing Christian, yet this uniquely spiritual music gives rise to the notion of Vaughan Williams as a "Christian agnostic". Today Donald Macleod focuses on this sublime group of works. Motion and Stillness (Four Poems by Fredegond Shove) Benjamin Luxon (baritone), David Willison (piano)
Sanctus (Mass in G minor) Corydon Singers, conductor Matthew Best
The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains (excerpt) Susan Gritton (soprano), Roderick Williams , Mark Padmore and Jeremy White
(tenors), Gerald Finley (baritone), Royal Opera House Orchestra, conductor Richard Hickox
A Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No 3) Margaret Price (soprano), LPO, conductor Adrian Boult Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Rosenblatt Recital Song Prize
2/5. Four more contestants come under the expert scrutiny of the judges at the New Theatre, Cardiff. With lain Burnside and Humphrey Burton. SSC Singer of the World Heats is on BBC4 tonight at 8.30pm
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra With Louise Fryer.
Stravinsky Symphony in C Conductor Ilan Volkov Walton Violin Concerto
James Ehnes , conductor Alexander Titov
Today's music for younger listeners includes firework music by Handel, piano music by Mozart and a fight from Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet. With Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson.
/ Put a Spell on You. lain Burnside dabbles in the occult with the help of Ella Fitzgerald , Mendelssohn and Screamin' Jay Hawkins , among others, and finds himself tempted and enchanted by both witches and wizards.
Sean Rafferty with music and arts news.
Concert to Commemorate the End of the Second World War
Given last week at Central Hall, Westminster, in the presence of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Presented by Louise Fryer.
John Wallace (trumpet), Mayumi Fujikawa (violin), Members of the choirs of St Paul's
Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral, the Chapel Royal St James' Palace,
St George 's Chapel Choir, Windsor, and the Chapel Royal Hampton Court Boys' Choir, London
Symphony Chorus, Kneller Hall Trumpets , Band of the Royal British Legion, RPO, conductors Peter Maxwell Davies and Ted Whealing
Peter Maxwell Davies Beacons of Hope (first performance)
Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Prokofiev Birth ofKije; Kije's Wedding (Suite: Lieutenant Kije)
Takemitsu Nostalgia
Beethoven Overture: Leonora No 3
Bizet Adagietto; Farandole (LArlesienne: Suite No 1) Barber Adagio for Strings
Peter Maxwell Davies Commemoration 60
(first performance)
Traditional Last Post; Reveille
In another in the BBC's A Picture of Britain series, David Lodge reveals how Birmingham inspires his novels. Presented by Mathew Sweet. Producer Zahid Warley
The Muffin Men play Frank Zappa , alongside the surreal world of Belgium's Jaune Toujours. Plus mystical music from Iran performed by the Shams Tanbour Ensemble with singer Bijan Kamkar. Introduced by Verity Sharp.
3/5. Berlioz the Dramatist. With David Cairns and Donald Macleod.
With Louise Fryer.
Locke Suite: The Tempest; Sammartini Recorder Concerto in F
Vivaldi Flute Concerto in D, RV428 (Il Gardellino)
Morton Gould String music
2.05 Debussy Images, Book 2
2.20 Shostakovich Violin Sonata, Op 134
2.50 Tchaikovsky Symphony No 1 in G minor (Winter Daydreams)
3.30 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 6 in D flat
3.40 Weber Clarinet Quintet in 6 flat, Op 34
4.05 Mozart Overture: Don Giovanni
4.10 Handel Piangero la Sorte Mia (Giulio Cesare)
4.15 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G, BWVI048
4.30 Weill Kleine Dreigroschenmusik
4.40 Ponce Preludes Nos 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11
4.45 Villa-Lobos O Polichinello (Prole do Bebe)
4.50 Saint-Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op 28
5.00 Vivaldi Concerto da Camera in G minor, RV107
5.05 D. Scarlatti Keyboard Sonata in C, Kk 132
5.15 Telemann Flute Concerto in D
5.25 Moniuszko Concert Overture: The Fairy Tale
5.40 Szymanowski Valse Romantique
5.45 Ravel Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Faure
5.50 Janacek Surely This Is My Mother's Room (Jenufa)
Durufle Ouatre Motets sur des Themes Gregoriens, Op 10
6.00 D. Scarlatti Sonata in C, Kkl33
6.05 Grieg Lyric Pieces (selection)
6.20 Leo Cello Concerto in D minor
6.35 JC Bach Der Gerechte
6.40 Faure Suite: Pelleas et Melisande